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Sims’s Case, 1851
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This case is about slaves or slavery.
Year:
1851
Citation:
61 Mass. 285
Jurisdiction:
Massachusetts
People:
Charles Devens
Law type:
Petition for freedom
Full name:
Thomas Sims’s Case
Court:
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Cites 4 cases:
Hill v. Low (1822)
Jack v. Martin (1834)
Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
Jones v. Zandt (1847)